The NRMCA Green-Star Program of the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association has been designed by the Environmental Task Group of the Operations, Environmental, and Safety Committee (NRMCA-OES) as a means to support the efforts of the ready mixed concrete industry toward environmental excellence. It accomplishes this through the recognition of the use of Environmental Management Systems (EMS) as a tool for environmental benchmarking and continual improvement, and as a means to recognize those who adhere to essential principals of the environmental and sustainability movement of our industry. The NRMCA Green-Star Program serves as a useful mechanism to recognize those within the industry who have achieved or are actively working toward environmental excellence and/or a demonstrable reduction of environmental impacts, following the principals of sustainability. It also provides a formal opportunity for the recognition of those companies through a rigorous, structured certification process capable of withstanding third-party oversight. The foundation of the NRMCA Green-Star program was created in collaboration with the Environmental Protection Agency’s Green Highways Partnership and the 10 Guiding Principles of Environmental Stewardship. For more information please visit their web site at: www.nrmca.org/operations/environment/certifications_greenstar.htm